Book/Printed Material Rationale divinorum officiorum.
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Title
- Rationale divinorum officiorum.
Summary
- Printed by Gutenberg associates Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, with in five years of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. Six large initials (leaves [1a], [1b], [14b], [20a], [86a], [140a]) printed in red and blue, numerous initials and headlines printed in red. The color registration of the printed initials is remarkable.
Names
- Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230-1296.
- Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466, printer.
- Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer.
- Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, annotator.
- Golitsyn, Michel Aleksandrovitsch, 1804-1860, former owner.
- La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de, 1708-1780, former owner.
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [Mainz] Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 6 Oct. 1459.
Headings
- - Catholic Church--Liturgy
- - Germany--Rhineland-Palatinate--Mainz
Genre
- Incunabula
Notes
- - On vellum. Printed in black, red, and blue.
- - Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, D-403
- - Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6471 (variations from Reichling)
- - Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 9101
- - Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 29
- - Thacher 1
- - LC copy: headlines, initials, initial-strokes and paragraph marks supplied in red. Galitzin copy. For binding and provenance, cf. Ricci. Cat. raisonné des premières impress. de Mayence, 65; 29.
- - LC copy: Note in Rosenbach's hand in inside front of book
- - LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Other provenance information: Duc de la Valliere; Galitzin, Prince Michel Alexadrovitch.
Medium
- [160] leaves. 41 cm. (fol.)
Call Number/Physical Location
- Incun. 1459 .D8
- Incun. 1459 .D8 Copy 2 Bound in 2 v., measures 42.2 cm. Made-up copy, wanting leaves [119] and [120]. Two large initials (on leaves [1a], [82a]) printed in red and black, 5 (on leaves [1b], [14b] [27b], [68a], [140a]) in red and blue. For further description and provenance, cf. Thacher. Cat. of the J.B. Thacher coll. of incunabula, no. 1.
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 47043536
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Contributor
- Durand, Guillaume
- Fust, Johannes
- Golitsyn, Michel Aleksandrovitsch
- La Vallière, Louis César De Labaume Leblanc De
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf)
- Schöffer, Peter